How cheap can you flash mod a garbage iPod?

[thebonedaddy]

YouTube is so interesting. Five minutes ago I was watching someone eat 100 year old food now I'm watching a man obsessed with iPods. Love it

[ragesoss]

Holy shit! This was my iPod! A friend emailed when he saw my name in the video, and that's definitely the music I had on an iPod. Blaster the Rocketman is a dead giveaway. I must have sold this at a garage sale (without the dents) 10 years ago or more. I wonder how it made its way to you. Awesome.

[mikkokohonen]

I have no intention to buy or mod a ipod. I’ve never even owned a ipod. These videos are just good and entertaining. Could be interesting to see you mod some other products as well.

[ProtoMario]

My man, you forgot that's an HP ipod...thats who was in there...

[pierdaponte]

I've come across many a strange thing on the internet- a guy who shares my love of classic iPods and electronics repair is a welcome addition. Hello from Canada!

[quartzofcourse]

“Looks like this pod was dragged along the road”

f o r e s h a d o w i n g I n t e n s i f i e s

[MisterSimplistic]

why do you have me looking up ipods on ebay i have a modern smartphone w/ a spotify subscription

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME

[danwemet]

Yo, I completely, whole heartily, genuinely dig this channel 100% full send

[loganiushere]

This guy is an up-and-coming tech ytber: He knows what he’s doing to just the right extent, He talks well, he’s funny, what’s not to love? Mark my words: In 1 month, this guy will AT LEAST have a silver play button. (It may not be delivered by one month from now, but he will have crossed the sub threashold for getting one.)

[EthisProtogen]

I like how you can see him progressively get more and more comfortable in front of a camera throughout his career.

[evanpierri]

The foam trick is critical. I just helped a friend who thought his 4th Gen Photo was gone (had the sads). Found online that the OG hard drives sometimes just needed a bit of pressure on the hard drive connector because they easily could stop working. Proud to say I was able to crack it open and pop a pice of pelican case foam inside and it instantly started working. Thanks for the inspo, good look with the foam, and thanks for a sort of basic guide here.

[stridervanmeter]

To anyone wanting to do this, I just got done with my first flash mod. 4th gen b&w screen just like the one in the video with 128 gigs. I used the dirty cheap adapters and they worked fine on the first go.

[rvzlk]

I changed my ipods name to titanic. It's syncing now.

[thereal_ap]

I love popping back to the good ole boys vids, seeing what's being done today. Marveling at how far this and all channels have come. Keep on rocking, Wade!

[samspin]

"DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW!" This is so me when it comes to disassembling things!

[Tenpete]

Funny story: I've been binging DankPods videos for the past 3 days and this is the oldest video I've seen thus far. What I find interesting is watching the evolution of a YouTubers persona. The first few years they're usually pretty much themselves, and as they experiment, they find that leaning on inflections, accents, or cadence (see Dolan Dark or Chills or whoever) will be more entertaining for viewers. Then I start thinking about the juxtaposition of the on screen persona and when they have to "turn off" and eat dinner with the family. I'd be the nerd to try my hand at it just to document the development process... except I'm not creative enough. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is: Love to see the difference between 2020 DankPods and 2023 Dankpods. Good on ya.

[AnthonyMaverick]

Just because of your videos i got an ipod myself and flash modded my ipod it's really a satisfying project todo

[midwestemo]

i still use this particular model (20GB), and i love it <3
just replaced the dead battery and everything was fine ^^

[johnruschmeyer]

What I've noticed is that some "broken" iPods, particularly 4th generation ones and Minis need to be connected to Firewire or and older dock in order to have enough power to charge the battery and spin up the drive, especially if it has sat for a long time.

[DJTydalOfficial]

Seeing DankPods’ videos make really appreciate my 5th gen iPod. I found him when he had the Bluetooth mod situation fixed on his iPod.